I posted this photo in my Stories last Saturday and I received so many messages about my lashes! Some friends thought I had false lashes on, some thought I had lash extensions... but these are actually my real lashes, guys! I just used a new mascara and spent a little bit more time curling my lashes (like 45seconds on each eye, twice hahahahahaha)!
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What mascara did I use, you ask? It was the @carelineph Go Long Mascara! I love that it is super black and buildable, with a bristle brush. I prefer these types of brushes over rubber/silicone ones. It stayed on the entire day with no fall out - although I have to be honest, I can't really attest to the longevity on oily lids because mine is normal-to-dry. It's very affordable too! 😊
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If you are in need of a new mascara and you have normal/normal to dry skin, check it out. You can get it for PHP185 at all @carelineph kiosks at Watson's and the beauty section of department stores. Let me know if you try it and what your thoughts are on it, okay? ☺ #CarelinePH #CarelineGirlGang

The Althea x Titi Kamal Stay Fresh Body Sparkling Mist is the most recent addition to my fragrance collection. It is a nice blend of orange, peach and rose. For me, it's a nice cool-weather fragrance - or a light nighttime fragrance, perfect for coffee dates! 😉
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Grab a bottle now for Php450 before it's sold out. I believe it is limited edition, so once @altheakorea runs out of stock, it's gone! 🙂 #AltheaxTitiKamal #Fragrance

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you had an amazing New Year's Celebration filled with love, laughter and good food! Chabooty & I had our annual New Year roadtrip and although it was raining and eventhough I had a #FurMomFail moment (I left his leash, lead and shoes at home. Duhhhh Nins), we had fun nonetheless. Swipe to see the video 😏😏😏 Cheers to a brand new year filled with promise and hope! Let's take 2019 by the balls, shall we? 😎

I had absolutely no intention of buying new make up but the @maybelline sale was just too good to pass up hahaha - whoopsie! 💸💸💸 I scored some pretty amazing deals: • Masterfix Setting Spray: Php359 (from 499)
• Fit Me Stick Foundation: Php199 (from 399)
• Fit Me Blush: Php239 (from 299)
• All-in-One Compact: Php199 (from 259)
• FitMe Concealer: Php199 (from 259)
• V-Shaper Duo Stick: Php399 (from 499)
The sale is until December 31, 2018 so if you've been wanting or needing new make up bits, now is the time to stock up! These are also great stocking stuffers/Christmas gifts for the beauty lovers in your life - my recommendations are their Concealers (Fit Me and the Mineral ones are good), the FashionBrow 3d Nose and Brow Palette (my fave brow palette), the Clearsmooth All-in-One Face Powders and the FitMe Blushes 'cos the colors are pretty! Oh and I also like their mascaras. I also heard that their Superstay Ink Lipsticks are amazing too! Check 'em out the next time you see a Maybelline beauty counter. 😍 #maybellineph

I love wash-off masks and this one from @altheakorea, the Milk Peel Cream Mask, is no exception! It applies smoothly, lathers really well and washes off quickly without leaving the icky, sticky feeling you often get with sheet masks. I have been using this for a while now and I have to say, my forehead - which is where I often get breakouts - has significantly cleared up and this is the only change/addition I made in my skin routine 😎
Get it on the Althea Website or App for only Php490! I believe they also have a promo now where you can get free shipping on all Althea Exclusives, just use code PBSHIP. Go go go, shop now! 💸💸💸 #AltheaPH #altheaangels

Had an amazing time at the @clozetteco year-end party last Saturday. Met and saw so many beautiful, amazing babes!
Thank you @chimarachhh, photographer extraordinare! Always a fun time with you and Madam @mhayguerrero ❤ also very happy that we met in person na @wanderingwondermom!!! 😊
Special thanks to the amazing @amandamaziiing for inviting me. Team Clozette is ❤❤❤! #Clozette

Last Monday, I had the privelege of teaching a bunch of beautiful girls from St. Scholastica's College about beauty and make up.
THANK YOU so much, Communications Department and my very dear friend @trishealdama for inviting me. ❤ Truly honored and thankful for the opportunity to speak to these girls. I hope they learned something from me... and most especially, that they walked away believing in their own beauty - inside and out! ❤ #ArtToHeartSeries #MakeUp101 #MakeupWorkshop #PayItForward

For my PH 🇵🇭 friends, how is the holiday going so far? Whatever your plans are - whether you are spending it visiting relatives (alive and those who have passed on - it is, after all, All Soul's Day) or using this break to recharge at the beach or some other fun location, make sure your skin is properly protected! Sunscreen is essential especially if you are spending lots of time under the sun. Been enjoying this Petal Velvet Sunaway cream from @altheakorea. I like that it has SPF50++, isn't too thick, and is fast absorbing. I absolutely hate super thick, icky creams that just sit on your skin and it isn't like that at all! It smells amazing too!
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Zombies, ghosts and ghouls may be "on trend" right now, but you dont want to have that as your permanent lewk, right? 😂 hindi na uso yon after Halloween, guys! Hahahaha - so you better make sure you apply your sunscreen!!! 😎 #petalvelvetsunaway #altheaph #altheaangels

Never lose your childlike wonder. ❤
Appreciate the little things. See the beauty in everything. Be enthusiastic about your life. The world forces us to "grow up" (aka become way too serious about life), to be caught up in the rat race, to adhere to a specific timeline, to stress ourselves over others' expectations - that we often forget to laugh, have fun and enjoy the simple things in life. Being a responsible adult is one thing but being a sad, lonely and tired shell of a person is another story.
We only have one life to live - we owe it to ourselves to not spend it being miserable! 😎

Whenever I get asked "What's your number 1 make up essential?", I always answer concealer. I have ridiculously dark undereye circles (as dark as your ex's heart HAHAHAHAHA) so if there is one beauty thing I "need", it's concealer. What's funny is that the bane of my existence - my super dark undereye circles - was what made me want to learn more about make up and subsequently what inspired me to become a make up artist! Cool how that all worked out, huh?! I used to love concealers from Western brands and while I still do, I have also fallen in love with Korean brands. I get my KBeauty concealer fix from @altheakorea. They have a lot of great brands including one of my favorites, @thesaem.official's Cover Perfection Tip Concealer! Just a word of advice, make sure you have a lot of self-control when you check out their website because they have SO MANY amazing things that'll be hard to resist!!! #altheaph #altheaangels

Let's talk about health, fitness & my journey to self love, shall we? (swipe to see Niña 2017 version)
I have always had an unhealthy relationship with food. Sad? Eat. Happy? Eat. Stressed? Eat. At some point I also developed an eating disorder, which led me to losing over 90lbs in 3months. I was skinny, but very very unhappy. I would eat practically nothing (my friends know this all too well) & almost fainted a couple of times due to not eating anything for days. It took a family intervention for me to finally see the errors of my ways.
Then I started working. I was at a pretty healthy weight when I started, but because I was on the night shift & take outs were our food of choice, I ballooned! 5 years into that lifestyle, I went from a healthy 120lbs to 189lbs. I developed PCOS, my knees started to ache and my back - oh my back was always hurting. I also had a major heartbreak in 2011, which led me to more destructive eating habits. In 2017, I hit my heaviest weight ever at *gasp* 210lbs. My brother's cat bit me and I had to get anti rabies shots. When I stepped on the scale, I was floored. Ashamed. Disgusted. I didnt realize how much I have let myself go!
So after a few days of wallowing in my misery & ugliness, I decided to do something about it. I learned a lot about healthy meal options. I bought a treadmill and took out my yoga mat. One of my best friends decided to join this fitness journey and we tried multiple classes & gyms until we found something we enjoyed at a place we feel comfortable in (Elorde Sucat and our coaches Ruel, Caloi and Fernando are the best). It's been a year since I took charge of my health, & along with my fitness buddy, have managed to lose a significant amount of weight. I've gone from a size 18 to 10. PCOS is managed. My body is stronger than ever & my relationship with food is so much more balanced now!
I am nowhere near where I want to be yet, but I am damned if I don't enjoy where I am at now. I feel more at peace with myself. I can run, lift heavy things and walk for miles. My clothes from years ago fit me again. So many wins, but you know what the best part is? It is finally being comfortable in my own skin. ❤

The @AltheaKorea Translucent Petal Velvet Powder is one of my favorite setting powders, so when they came out with the Warm Beige and Pink Lavender versions, I knew I had to try them too!
Pink Lavender is their special 3rd Anniversary limited edition variant and costs Php230 (currently still available, I checked haha), while #23 Warm Beige is part of their permanent range (Php210). The translucent version is great - I use it a lot on myself and on my clients. I've even given it as gifts to my beauty-loving friends as well and all of them love it too! Very excited to see if these other variants are just as good! ❤ #altheaph #petalvelvetpowder #pinklavender

Currently a nervous wreck because my furbaby is going to have surgery tomorrow and I am all sorts of stressed, anxious and nervous so let's throw it back to better times when I wasn't such a mess, shall we?
I really enjoyed our stay at @EscalaTagaytay. The staff were so efficient and kind - they readily said yes when I asked if we could go to the rooftop - partly because I wanted to see the view but to be honest, it was mostly because I wanted to take photos hahaha #NoShame. The food was good, and they had a good breakfast selection as well. You know I am all about that breakfast buffet life. LOL!
If you are looking for a place to stay in Tagaytay, definitely check out @escalatagaytay. Clean rooms, amazing view, good food, great weather and lovely staff - I highly recommend! ❤ #escalatagaytay

Received my @altheakorea Wonder Mystery Box today, and I am happy that the box I received contained mostly skincare! Truly a great value box; for Php700, I received 9 sheet masks, a full size aloe vera soothing gel, a full size serum, a powder and a primer/corrector - all from reputable brands too! What a great score, no?! #altheaph #altheaangels #kbeauty

Beauty is the illumination of your soul. - John O'Donohue
HAPPY FRIDAY, folks! Do you have any fun plans tonight? Chug back a big one for me, okay? Have fun, but as always, stay safe and drink responsibly! 🍻 #Friyay #TGIF #EscalaTagaytay

These bad boys launched today - congratulations @likhacosmetics! Love the colors! Based on my initial swatches, Put Some Lace and Coco Bean are the ones I like the most, while Contingency Plan intrigues yet intimidates me hahaha! The formula is smooth, the pigmentation is BOMB and texture is really nice. Will try these more in the coming days so stay tuned!
If you are interested in these, they are available via @LikhaCosmetics' Instagram page and are priced at Php450 each. Watch out for "when worn" photos soon on my IG Stories - but for now, swipe to see swatches (top to bottom: Put Some Lace, So Fetch, Coffee Date, Coco Bean & Contingency Plan)! 😎 #LikhaCosmetics
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About last night. Sundays are the best for drinking because there aren't a lot of people at bars, and of course, happy hour!!! 🍹🍸🍻🍷🥃 Just a word of advice, don't mix your alchohol (these drinks were a mix of vodka, beer, amaretto and whiskey) and then drink coffee after. Hahaha! My tummy was rumbling the entire night! It felt like all the alchohol and the coffee were wrestling inside LOL! 😂
Thank you @aysel_louise and @mel.silver85 for spending your Sunday night with me! 🖤 #AboutLastNight #ruebourbon #DrinkResponsibly

For those of you who are curious how these look on, check out my "Beauty" highlights on Instagram Stories. I tried all four shades and hands down, my favorite is ALL DAY.
Color pay-off, ease of application, fade off and wear comfort, these 175-peso lipsticks are definitely worth checking out!!! You can find these at any @carelineph counters at the beauty section of department stores. I also saw these in Watson's. Gooo try them! #carelineph #kissticks
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